qio(3)


NAME

   qio - quick I/O part of InterNetNews library

SYNOPSIS

   #include "qio.h"

   QIOSTATE *
   QIOopen(name, size)
       char             *name;
       int              size;

   QIOSTATE *
   QIOfdopen(fd, size)
       int              fd;
       int              size;

   void
   QIOclose(qp)
       QIOSTATE         *qp;

   char *
   QIOread(qp)
       QIOSTATE         *qp;

   int
   QIOlength(qp)
       QIOSTATE         *qp;

   int
   QIOtoolong(qp)
       QIOSTATE         *qp;

   int
   QIOerror(qp)
       QIOSTATE         *qp;

   int
   QIOtell(qp)
       QIOSTATE         *qp;

   int
   QIOrewind(qp)
       QIOSTATE         *qp;

   int
   QIOfileno(qp)
       QIOSTATE         *qp;

DESCRIPTION

   The routines described in this manual page are part of the InterNetNews
   library, libinn(3).  They are used to  provide  quick  read  access  to
   files.  The letters ``QIO'' stand for Quick I/O.

   QIOopen  opens  the  file  name  for reading.  It uses a buffer of size
   bytes, which must also be larger then the longest expected  line.   The
   header  file  defines  the constant QIO_BUFFER as a reasonable default.
   If size is zero, then QIOopen will call stat(2) and  use  the  returned
   block  size;  if that fails it will use QIO_BUFFER.  It returns NULL on
   error, or a pointer to a handle to be used in other  calls.   QIOfdopen
   performs  the  same  function  except that fd refers to an already-open
   descriptor.

   QIOclose closes the open file and releases any resources used by it.

   QIOread returns a pointer to the next line in the file.   The  trailing
   newline  will  be  replaced  with  a  \0.   If EOF is reached, an error
   occurs, or if the line is longer than the buffer, QIOread returns NULL.

   After a successful call to QIOread, QIOlength will return the length of
   the current line.

   The  functions  QIOtoolong  and  QIOerror  can  be called after QIOread
   returns NULL to determine if there was an error, or if the line was too
   long.   If  QIOtoolong  returns non-zero, then the current line did not
   fit in the buffer, and the next call to QIOread will try read the  rest
   of  the  line.   Long lines can only be discarded.  If QIOerror returns
   non-zero, then a serious I/O error occurred.

   QIOtell returns the lseek(2) offset at which the next line will start.

   QIOrewind sets the read pointer back to the beginning of the file.

   QIOfileno returns the descriptor of the open file.

   QIOlength, QIOtoolong, QIOerror, QIOtell, and QIOfileno are implemented
   as macro's defined in the header file.

EXAMPLE

          QIOSTATE             *h;
          long                 offset;
          char                 *p;

          h = QIOopen("/etc/motd", QIO_BUFFER);
          for (offset = QIOtell(h); (p = QIOread(h)) != NULL; offset = QIOtell(h))
              printf("At %ld, %s\n", offset, p);
          if (QIOerror(h)) {
              perror("Read error");
              exit(1);
          }
          QIOclose(h);

HISTORY

   Written  by  Rich  $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  This is
   revision 1.7, dated 1993/01/29.

                                                                    QIO(3)





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